top 1% pay 40% of the income tax. the top 5%, most making $200,000 and above, pay 70% of the income tax. and if you make $75,000 and above, you pay 96% of the income tax. we already have a progressive tax code. and i don't think we need to make it more progressive. >> senator paul, in our remaining minute, i want to go back to your earlier point about the fiscal cliff and what happens after the election. for you personally, where will you compromise in what is likely to be a divided congress, regardless of who wins the white house? >> i think the compromise is for conservatives to acknowledge that not every dollar spent on military is wisely spent or sacred. that's the compromise for conservatives. compromise for liberals is that not every dollar in entitlements or welfare is it well spent and they're going to have to compromise. but the compromise is to reduce spending in both. people think we don't compromise in washington. we actually do. we compromise in the reverse direction. the liberals will say, oh, we'll let